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Rules for privileged access to information

Reasons for the existence of the protected website

The system enabling privileged access to information before its official publication time (provision of embargoed information through a protected website) is intended to provide representatives of relevant specialised media with significant media and/or market coverage with enough time to process information so as to minimise inaccuracies in the presentation and interpretation of the information.

Rules for granting access

Access to the protected website is granted following approval by the Communication Division of the General Secretariat on the basis of a justified request submitted by the applicant.

Contact:

E-mail: media@cnb.cz

Telephone: +420 224 412 013

List of entities granted privileged access:

Bloomberg

ČTK

Thomson Reuters

Overview of information published on the protected website

The schedule of regularly published information is available in the Calendar. However, selected information may be provided 15, 30 or 60 minutes in advance through the protected website.

Overview of information published
on the protected website(as from 1 January 2017)

Availability
on the protected website
before publication time

CNB foreign exchange transactions (data)

60 minutes

CNB foreign exchange reserves (data1)

30 minutes

The Czech Republic’s international investment position and debt (data, commentary)

30 minutes

CNB commentary on GDP figures (commentary)

15 minutes

CNB commentary on inflation figures (commentary)

15 minutes

CNB monetary base

30 minutes

Harmonised monetary survey2 (data)

30 minutes

Balance of payments – quarterly (data, commentary)

30 minutes

Balance of payments – monthly (data, commentary)

30 minutes

The setting of the countercyclical capital buffer rate (press release)

1 Only the time series of foreign exchange reserves is published on the protected website (the structure of foreign exchange reserves is published without an embargo directly in the public section of the website).

2 Compilation of the National Monetary Survey will end as of 31 January 2017 (the last data included will be those for December 2016). The Inflation Report – I/2016 explains in detail the reasons for the changeover and describes the main differences in definitions (p. 47 Box 2).